Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:37:36 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r43199 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1311181536130.23560@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201311162258.rAGMwYfs007283@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201311162258.rAGMwYfs007283@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > Author: eadler > Date: Sat Nov 16 22:58:33 2013 > New Revision: 43199 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43199 > > Log: > Teach people about hw.memtest.tests. > > Submitted by: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Nov 16 13:36:40 2013 (r43198) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Nov 16 22:58:33 2013 (r43199) > @@ -3669,6 +3669,26 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> > in &man.tunefs.8;.</para> > </answer> > </qandaentry> > + > + <qandaentry> > + <question xml:id="slow-boot-memtest"> > + <para>Why does &os; pause for a long time at boot when the > + system has large amounts of ram?</para> > + </question> > + > + <answer> > + <para>&os; does a short memory test early in the boot > + process. This test usually only takes several seconds, > + however if the system has many 10s or 100s of gigabytes > + of memory it can take up to a few minutes. This test > + can be disabled by setting the > + <literal>hw.memtest.tests</literal> to > + <literal>0</literal> in > + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.</para> This has a grammar bug; it should either be "by setting the tunable hw.memtest.tests" or "by setting hw.memtest.tests", but not "by setting the hw.memtest.tests". -Ben
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